4. Do you need to work with (= co-operate with) other people at work? (teamwork question)
5. Do you like working with them?
6. Do you like your job (or, your work)?
7. What's the most difficult part of your job?
8. Would you recommend this job to other people?
9. Do you think your (school or) university education prepared you well for the work you are doing now?
10. Do you prefer your life now, as a working person, to the life you had as a student?
11. Why are you taking the IELTS test?
Your Studies
1. What subject are you studying?
2. Why did you choose to study that?
3. Do you like your subject? (= your major = your subjects if a high school student)
4. Where do you study (= what school/university do you attend)?
5. Why did you choose that (particular) school/university?
6. When did you start this course and when will you finish it? Do you like university life?
7. What do you think of your school/university?
8. (Similar to above) What do you think of the place where you are studying?
9. What is the best thing about your university/school?
10. Why are you taking the IELTS test?
11. What are your future study plans?
12. What are your future work plans? (after you graduate)
13. When you start working, do you think you will prefer that to being a student?
Your Home (Your Accommodation)
1. Do you live in a house or a flat?
2. Please describe the place where you live.
3. How have you decorated your home (or, your room)?
4. Do you have anything (hanging) on the wall of your home (or your room)? (e.g., decorations)
5. What can you see when you look out the window of your room?
6. What is the environment like in your neighbourhood?
7. Do you like your neighbours?
8. What kind of people are your neighbours?
3. Your Hometown
1. Where is your hometown? (Or, what part of China do you come from?)
2. Do you think you'll always live there?
3. Where do you live at the moment?
4. Do you like your hometown? (Why?/Why not?)
5. What sorts of buildings are there in your hometown?
6. What would you say is the best part of your hometown?
7. What's the most famous thing about your hometown?
8. Is there anything worth visiting in your hometown?
9. Has your hometown changed much in the past few years? (e.g. 20 years)
10. Would you say your hometown is suitable for children to grow up in?
11. What parts of your hometown are most suitable for families and children?
12. What's the weather usually like in your hometown?
13. Has the weather in your hometown changed much in recent years?
Daily Routine
1. What are you usually doing at this time? Do you do the same thing(s) every day?
2. Tell me something about your daily routine.
3. school/university)?
4. In a typical day, what do you do in the classroom?
5. (If you do not work) For you, what's the best time of day for studying?
6. (If you work) For you, what's the best time of day (or, day of the week) for working?
7. What time do you usually get up?
8. What do you usually do after you get up (or, in the morning)?
9. What part of the (= your) day do you like best? (Why?) (= What part of your daily routine makes you the happiest? Or = What part of the day are you most efficient?)
10. Is you life now the same as it was before?
11. If you could make one change to your daily routine, what would it be?
12. If you had more free time, what would you do?
13. Do you like to plan what you will do each day? (Why?/Why not?)
14. Do you usually do the same things at the same time each day?
15. How do you plan (organize) your study time?
16. Do you ever (or, do you often) change these plans?
17. Can you think of any improvements to your daily routine?